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...hard to understand the nature of such a force; and perhaps on this account people are apt, in discussing the freedom of the will, to confuse this special kind of freedom with those others which I have tried to explain. Another source of confusion is the prevailing feeling that the very existence of right and wrong is involved in this question; and therefore men approach the subject with their minds already made up, and in doot take the trouble to analyze the problem and see in what sense right and wrong really depend on the answer we give...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Problem of the Freedom of the Will in its Relation to Ethics. | 2/25/1885 | See Source »

Regular meeting to-night at 7.00; Reading from Julius Cxsar, act III. also, special business of importance It is necessary that every member be present...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Shakspere Club. | 2/24/1885 | See Source »

Political economy 2 will devote the recitations of the next few weeks to the consideration of some special topics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/19/1885 | See Source »

...third excellency of the proposed scheme is the provision for special representatives to be called to each conference, men with a large knowledge of the subject to be discussed. In a university as large as Harvard has grown to be, every man cannot be expected to understand thoroughly every question of the day, and the special representation at these conferences is like the employment of specialists at important trials, a feature of modern civilization which has come to play a recognized part in all great law cases...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/18/1885 | See Source »

...Special members...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Conference Committee. | 2/18/1885 | See Source »